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Stay up to date with our most recently published articlesBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months: April
From Peter Colasanti, April 2018 I confess that April is my favorite month for birding Northern California. The green of the landscape is broken only by the...
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From Peter Colasanti: To anyone who has lived through a real winter, March in the Petaluma Wetlands feels the most like the essence of springtime. It must be that way to the birds...
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From Peter Colasanti, JAN 2018: A game most birders play involves the keeping of a year list, and those fireworks you heard Sunday night were to announce that it’s time to start yours for...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months: December
From: Peter Colasanti December, the darkest month, feels like the coldest. Well it’s also the birdiest one in the Petaluma Wetlands, with 144 species logged since 2005 for the month. It only...
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From Peter Colasanti, 11-17 By early November most of the long distance migrant birds have taken the advice of their DNA and relocated to the longer and sunnier days of the...
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From Peter Colasanti In October the migration of long distance landbirds is largely past, though some possibilities for finding vagrants remain, even in the Petaluma...
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Chapter 6 of Bob’s Wildlife and Birds – Mute Swans
From Bob Dyer email 10-2016 MUTE SWAN The mention of “swans” in the mind of many adults, conjures up a mental picture, probably similar to the one above. These are the graceful creatures of fairy...
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From Peter Colasanti, 09-17: September is the richest month for birding generally in Northern California, and that very wealth creates challenges. Populations of most...
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Chapter 5 of Bob’s Wetland History and our Birds – Great Blue Heron.
By Bob Dyer, from email sent out 9-2016 The Great Blue Heron (GBHE) is the largest heron (or egret) in North America. It varies from 45-54 inches tall. Weight depends upon location within the...
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Great-tailed Grackle
Chapter 4 of Bob’s Birds: Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscales mexicanus It has been named the “devil bird”. From USA Today (2013): “When they...
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